Acharya Shantisagar
| Charitra Chakravartin Acharya Shri Shantisagar Ji Maharaj | |
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Acharya Shantisagar
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| Religion | Jainism |
| Sect | Digambara |
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| Born | Satgauda 1873 Yalgud, Karnataka |
| Died | 18 September 1955 (aged 82–83) |
| Cremation place | Kunthalgiri, Maharashtra |
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| Successor | Virasagar |
| Initiated | Virasagar, Nemisagar |
| Initiation | 1919 Yarnal by Devendrakirti |
| Initiation | 1915 |
Acharya Shri Shantisagar (1872 - 1955) was an Indian monk of the Digambara school of the Jain faith. He was the first Acharya (preceptor) and a leader of his sect in the 20th century. Shantisagar revived the teaching and practice of traditional Digambara practices in North India.
Shantisagar was born in either 1872 or 1873 in north Karnataka, India. His father either worked as a farmer or was employed in the clothing business. At age eighteen, having read religious texts and undergone several pilgrimages, Shantisagar decided to dedicate his life to a religious order.
Shantisagar's parents died in 1912. He then traveled to the Jain holy place, Shravanabelagola, a town in Hassan district, Karnataka, India. In 1918, whilst in Shravanabelagola, Shantisagar was lustrated into the Sangha (holy order). He took his ailaka (religious vows) before an image of the Tirthankara Neminatha, a famous Jain spiritual leader. In about 1920, Shantisagar became a monk of the Digambara sect of Jainism. In 1922, at Yarnal village,Belgaum district, Karnataka, he was given the name "Shanti Sagara" ("Ocean of Peace"). Shantisagar was an ascetic and a Digamber monk.
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